Fans Give Hero Charles Ramsey $14K Check; 14 Restaurants Award Him Burgers for Life

Christian Post ^ | 05/24/2013 | By Leonardo Blair

[SeekAndFind]

Although Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey publicly refused a monetary reward for helping to rescue three women and a girl from alleged sexual miscreant Ariel Castro this month, just over 600 fans recently sent him a check for nearly $14,000 for his bravery.

The money was raised by a thankful fan from Portland, Ore., Robby Russell, through crowd-funding website, gofundme.com.

Russell initially started the campaign to raise $10,000 for Ramsey on May 6, the same day Ramsey helped Amanda Berry, 27, her 6-year-old daughter Jocelyn; Gina DeJesus, 23; and Michelle Knight, 32, escape from Castro's house where they were being held captive as sex slaves for almost 10 years. By Wednesday, 16 days and 604 donors later, Russell had raised a total of $15,096.

"Dear Charles Ramsey, thank you for doing what you did... thank you for the fantastic interviews. You made us smile. You made our day," wrote Russell at the start of the campaign in a note on the page on behalf of "The Internet."

In an update to donors on Wednesday, he announced that he had received their donations from gofundme.com for Charles Ramsey minus the website's fees, and posted a picture of a cashier's check made out to Charles Ramsey for $13,731.43.

To confirm that he received the money, Charles Ramsey sent them his thanks via a 24-second YouTube video.

"To the 600 people, especially Robby, I appreciate this bro. I got apartment, it's furnished, I wish every one of you were right here with me so I could hug you. From the bottom of my f***ing heart, I appreciate this and God bless all of you. Thank you," said Ramsey in the video.

According to another report, Ramsey also has been offered free burgers for life from 13 Cleveland restaurants in addition to another in Pennsylvania, but McDonald's, which Ramsey highlighted in a series of interviews that have gone viral, is as of yet, not among them.

The full list of restaurants that have promised free burgers to Ramsey are:

AMP 150

Washington Place Bistro and Inn

Fahrenheit

Market Garden Brewery

Bier Markt

Bar Cento

Nano Brew

Welshfield Inn

Hodges

Pura Vida

87 West at Crocker Park

Orchard House

Flour

Allegheny Grille (Pennsylvania)

[GOPJ]

He saved those women from hell on earth... he can say anything he wants in any fashion...

[cripplecreek]

Seems we’re always carping about the lack of people willing to do the right things (come to the aid of others, hold down a steady job, etc.) Particularly in rough and minority neighborhoods. Then we can’t wait to tear them down when they do.

Precisely the source of my irritation over the rabid pointless attacks on Detroit and the people who live there. Sure the inner cities are a mess but there are good folks who live there and moral support is the least I can do.

[arthurus]

I sent him a $5 with a note that said I was buying him a beer. When I was young what he did would not have been remarkable. It was what a man does.

[ThanhPhero]

In Việt Nam through a series of incidents, some involving foreign tourists, I discovered it is what an American man does.

[chris37]

They had best be cheeseburgers!

[Las Vegas Dave]

Ohio Ping!

To be added to the Ohio Ping List, please freepmail,
(the three of us) Flutters, Whenifhow, and LasVegasDave.

[TBP]

Empress Michelle Antoinette is demanding that they change that to salad for life.

[SgtHooper]

So much for the other guy who was actually there first.

[Lizavetta]

Within a few days of his interview going viral, our ever vigilant press corps managed to publicize that he's had a history of domestic violence. And you'll recall how quickly they unearthed dirt on Joe the Plumber. But they can't seem to find Obama's college grades, classmates, teachers, anyone who remembers him.

And I'm sorry, but his comment about a white woman running into a black man's arms ..... really? I thought that was so unnecessary to say and unintentionally incendiary.